Sep 19, 2011The latest UNICEF report, Boys and Girls in the Life Cycle suggests growing gender disparities with age among children worldwide. In secondary school education, girls are most disadvantaged in South Asia while boys are most disadvantaged in Latin America and the Caribbean.
[Discrimination]
[UNICEF]
[Child mortality]
[Asia]
[Gender]

Feb 28, 2011The State of the World’s Children 2011: Adolescence – An Age of Opportunity launched by UNICEF, examines the global state of adolescents; outlines the challenges they face in health, education, protection and participation; and explores the risks and vulnerabilities of this pivotal stage.
[UNICEF]
[Children]
[Malnutrition]

Mar 15, 20112011 Humanitarian Action for Children provides an overview of projected humanitarian needs for 2011 in 32 countries and territories, and 6 regions. This latest edition also examines how UNICEF, through its humanitarian action, aims to foster resilience at the individual, community and institutional levels.
[Aid]
[UNICEF]
[Disasters]
[Conflict]

Dec 02, 2010UNICEF’s latest publication Children and AIDS: Fifth Stocktaking Report 2010 urges to focus on children while building any strategy for the prevention and control of HIV/ AIDS. This is the key to achieve an HIV/AIDS free generation.
[AIDS]
[Children]
[UNICEF]

Oct 07, 2010UNICEF along with BRAC has formed a unique, all-female sports team in a remote Bangladesh town mostly inhabited by the poor. These eighteen players, who dream of playing women’s cricket for Bangladesh one day, have come a long way breaking barriers of tradition to get acceptance from the society.
[Gender]
[Sports]
[Bangladesh]
[UNICEF]
[South Asia]

Oct 13, 2010Considering past trends, experts fear that there will be a rise in child labour and exploitation, as Pakistan's flood victims now return home. A large number of these children will be put to work to contribute to the family income.
[Pakistan]
[UNICEF]
[Child Labour]
[Exploitation]
[South Asia]
[Education]

Oct 22, 2010UNICEF confirmed that over three crore children live below the poverty line in Bangladesh, while launching a survey report on the progress of children in the country recently. Stating child poverty as a major obstacle to development, it urged the government to raise budgetary allocations for the welfare of children.
[Bangladesh]
[UNICEF]
[Southeast Asia]
[Children]
[Poverty]
[Investments]

Dec 13, 2010Concern, a non-governmental organization in Haiti, supported by UNICEF is providing education and awareness to mothers about the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding and infant care. The programme operates in camps for Haitians displaced by the January earthquakes. Concern also promotes hygienic practices to check the spread of cholera.
[UNICEF]
[Cholera]
[Disease]
[Health]
[Mother]
[Haiti]
[Children]

Feb 25, 2011Investing in the world’s 1.2 billion adolescents could help rescue them from a lifetime of poverty, ignorance, sexual inequality, and violence, said UNICEF in its State of the World's Children report 2011. By providing education and training to teenagers, countries can reap a large and productive workforce that can significantly contribute to the economy, the report said.
[UNICEF]
[HIV]
[MDGs]
[Poverty]
[AIDS]
[Education]
[Investments]

Mar 18, 2011Severity of flood in Pakistan and earthquake in Haiti appealed for unprecedented huge funds from UNICEF to respond to the disaster stricken children and women in the last year. The displacement issues in Sudan also escalated UNICEF’s effort of providing emergency services, the sum resulting in a 21 percent increase over UNICEF’s 2010 appeal.
[Aid]
[Disaster]
[UNICEF]

Mar 28, 2011UNICEF’s new campaign against landmines will highlight the threat posed by unexploded devices to children. Prior to the International Day for Awareness Against Mines on April 4, it released a Public Service Announcement urging nations to prevent these mines from disrupting the lives of innocent civilians.
[Security]
[Landmines]
[UNICEF]
[Conflict]

Sep 26, 2011UNICEF will invest into health and nutrition sector of Daikundi province in Afghanistan to cut down child and mortality rates in the region by 2013. Most of the women in Afghanistan don’t give birth in hospitals due to poverty and lack of health care facilities.
[Afghanistan]
[South Asia]
[UNICEF]
[Child mortality]
[Maternal mortality]

Feb 14, 2011Discharged Ex-Maoist soldiers, many of whom are under 18 complain that the compensation package provided by UNICEF for their reintegration is insufficient and many still remain in need. The rehabilitation package that pays for school, a uniform, and a monthly stipend of US$25 fails to meet their living costs, say ex-combatants.
[South Asia]
[Nepal]
[Poverty]
[UNICEF]
[Conflict]

Mar 04, 2011A survey conducted by the Sindh government reveals that child malnutrition rates in the region are well above WHO’s emergency threshold. The government has now launched a strategic nutrition response plan in partnership with UNICEF, WFP and local NGOs. A national nutritional survey covering mothers, elderly and under-fives is also underway in March.
[Pakistan]
[Child mortality]
[UNICEF]
[Hunger]
[Food]
[Poverty]
[Malnutrition]
[South Asia]

Mar 21, 2011The cricket pitch in Bangladesh is breaking societal barriers. A recent all-girls cricket tournament brought hundreds of girls to the field as part of a UNICEF supported project that aims to empower young women for social change.
[Gender]
[Sports]
[Bangladesh]
[UNICEF]
[South Asia]

Apr 08, 2011Temporary learning centres are helping girls to revive their schooling following last year’s devastating floods that destroyed thousands of schools. This UNICEF programme has so far trained 4,000 teachers to get children to restart their lives in the flood affected areas.
[Pakistan]
[Education]
[Children]
[UNICEF]
[South Asia]

Feb 29, 2012With increasing migration to cities, almost half the world's children are now living in urban centres. UNICEF's annual flagship report 'State of the World’s Children 2012' says that with more than a billion children living in cities, there has to be a greater emphasis on identifying and meeting their needs.
[Children]
[UNICEF]

Mar 16, 2012Chief of Resource Mobilisation, UNICEF, Clement Chauvet said that the future engagements of UNICEF will focus on mobilising resources other than financial. He was speaking at the NGO India 2012 meet in Gurgaon, near Delhi.
[South Asia]
[NGO]
[UNICEF]
[CSR]

Apr 26, 2013Although the majority of recorded offenders are male, with less than five per cent believed to be female, there is no single profile of a travelling sex offender
[Children]
[UNICEF]
[Child Abuse]
[Child Rights]

Dec 03, 2012The Red Ribbon Express (RRE) started its first journey in 2007 reaching out to more than six million people across India to promote awareness and reduce discrimination against people living with HIV and AIDS, particularly in rural areas.
[India]
[Awareness]
[HIV/AIDS]
[UNICEF]
[South Asia]